Luke 12:19

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Summary

And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.

Soul

For

Job 14:1

Proverbs 27:1

James 4:13

Take

General references

Proverbs 11:7

Proverbs 18:11

Luke 17:27

Bible References

Soul

And houses full of all good things, which you filled not, and wells dug, which you dug not, vineyards and olive trees, which you planted not; when you shall have eaten and be full;

Lest when you have eaten and are full, and have built fine houses, and dwelt in them;

If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, You are my confidence;

Why should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity at my heels shall surround me?

God shall likewise destroy you forever, he shall take you away, and pluck you out of your dwelling place, and root you out of the land of the living. Selah.

Trust not in oppression, and hope not vainly in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.

The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and like a high wall in his own esteem.

Will you set your eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.

Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may dwell alone in the midst of the earth!

And Ephraim said, Yet I have become rich, I have found myself wealth: in all my labors they shall find no iniquity in me that is sin.

Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their dragnet; because by them their portion is luxurious, and their food plentiful.

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust does corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:

Charge them that are rich in this present age, that they be not haughty, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy;

Come now, you rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.

For

Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.

Boast not yourself of tomorrow; for you know not what a day may bring forth.

Come now, you that say, Today or tomorrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:

Take

There was a certain rich man, who was clothed in purple and fine linen, and feasted sumptuously every day:

And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be weighed down with carousing, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.

They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.

Rejoice, O young man, in your youth; and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth, and walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes: but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.

Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflames them!

But instead, joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating meat, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for tomorrow we shall die.

You that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;

If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what is the gain to me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for tomorrow we die.

Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)

But she that lives in pleasure is dead while she lives.

Traitors, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;

You have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; you have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.

For the time past of our life will suffice us to have done the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in licentiousness, lusts, excess of wine, reveling, carousing, and abominable idolatries:

So much as she has glorified herself, and lived luxuriously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she says in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.

General references

When a wicked man dies, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perishes.

The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and like a high wall in his own esteem.

They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.